In a helicopter flight today, no glow was seen at the eruptive site. So it seems that magma flow is over, i.e. that new and hot magma flows no longer to the surface through the vents in Holuhraun. Volcanic gas is, however, still being released from the eruptive site and the lava field. We can say the eruption has come to an end as gas release has, at many times in past eruptions, continued after the eruption.

Lava flow in Holuhraun has decreased substantially. Earthquake activity keeps decaying slowly, see the evolution of earthquake activity (earthquake graphs and earthquake moment graphs) during all the eruption here. The rate of the subsidence in Bárðarbunga caldera is now only 5 cm per day. SO2 values are low. GPS measurements near Vatnajökull glacier show continuing slow deflation towards Bárðarbunga, indicating a small flow of magma from under the volcano.

These obsevations suggest that the eruption will continue in the coming weeks, with a gradual to slow decrease in activity. In brief, the activity is decreasing and is expected to keep decreasing until the end of the eruption.

Be careful, volcanoes are still complicated to forecast and wrong predictions are possible. Also, this is short term predictions. These are the most likely scenarios but everything is possible.

See the icelandic met office's monitoring of this eruption on their website.

According to the icelandic met office, the decreasing magnitude of the strongest earthquakes, and the increasing time intervals between them, are in accordance with the generally observed decay of seismic and volcanic activity in the region over the last weeks and months.

Be careful, volcanoes are still complicated to forecast and wrong predictions are possible. Also, this is short term predictions. These are the most likely scenarios but everything is possible.

See the icelandic met office's monitoring of this eruption on their website.

On Saturday around 2300 µg/m³ SO2 was measured in Hofn in Hornafjordur, this is a high value. Today and tomorrow, considerable pollution is expected near the eruption site, to its north-east and east (according to the icelandic met office's website).

The volcanic eruption in Holuhraun continues. A mean of 32,5 earthquakes/day in the Bardarbunga caldera and 10 earthquakes/day in Holuhraun over the past 4 days. During this time, all earthquakes detected in the caldera were below magnitude 4,6 and all earthquakes in Holuhraun were below magnitude 2.